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- After “Fast 9,” Deadline reports the “Fast and Furious” saga will come to an end after two final movies.
- That does not include the planned “Fast and Furious” spinoffs featuring Dwayne Johnson.
- “Fast 9” was pushed back from an April 2020 release to May 30, 2021 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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It looks like the main “Fast and Furious” saga finally has an end in sight, again.
After the delayed release of the upcoming “Fast 9,” Deadline reports the Vin Diesel-led franchise will come to a conclusion after two more movies. Franchise director Justin Lin is in talks to direct the final films.
Don’t expect to see “Fast 10” and “Fast 11” though. It’s more likely we’re getting a “Fast 10” part one and two.
Deadline reports the final two films will “tell a big story over two films” that will focus on Dominic Toretto (Diesel), Letty (Michelle Rodriguez), Roman (Tyrese), Tej (Ludacris), Ramsay (Nathalie Emmanuel), Mia (Jordana Brewster), and Han (Sung Kang).
The latter is making his big return to the franchise after previously being thought dead.
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Most interestingly, Deadline reports we could see the return of Gal Gadot's Giselle, Han's love interest. That would be news considering Gadot's character was killed from the franchise a few movies ago.
The Universal Pictures saga began in 2000 as a car racing franchise and was revived after nearly going straight to DVD at one point. Since then, Diesel helped shape the franchise into a diverse saga about family who went from being outlaws to heroes.
The films became a box-office powerhouse the likes of Marvel superhero movies. Since costar Paul Walker's death in 2013, the past two franchise films have each grossed over $1.2 billion worldwide.
It's not exactly a secret that the "Fast and Furious" saga was coming to an end. Diesel himself has said before that they were working on a final trilogy. In 2016, Diesel previously announced the franchise would end with the saga's 10th film that was originally set for a 2021 release.
The interesting news here is that the final 10th movie could be split into two. Diesel hinted this could be the case during an interview with Total Film earlier this year.
"For the fans, should 'Fast 10' parts one and two be the conclusion, it would be nice for this world to continue for generations to come," Diesel said.
The "Fast" saga has some ground to cover in its final films. "Fast 9" is introducing Dom's long, lost brother Jakob (John Cena) and Han is returning from the dead. And, as every "Fast" film pushes the limits on extreme stunts, we're hoping we get to see them head to space before this whole thing ends.
If you're sad about the franchise ending, Universal still has plenty of "Fast" content in the can with the Dwayne Johnson-led "Hobbs & Shaw" spinoff, which introduced Ryan Reynolds into the mix. Netflix also has an animated "Fast and Furious" series.
A representative for Universal Pictures did not immediately return Insider's request for comment.